Bangladesh - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Bangladesh was 41.10 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 263.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 41.10 in 2013.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Data for 2015 onwards are projections and from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. Therefore there may be some cases that the data are not consistent with the data before 2015.

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Bangladesh was 24.20 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.80 in 1990 and a minimum value of 24.20 in 2013.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Bangladesh was 122.23 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 335.35 in 1960 and a minimum value of 122.23 in 2013.

Definition: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Bangladesh was 153.77 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 287.47 in 1960 and a minimum value of 153.77 in 2013.

Definition: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Bangladesh was 33.20 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 176.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 33.20 in 2013.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Data for 2015 onwards are projections and from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. Therefore there may be some cases that the data are not consistent with the data before 2015.